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How do you define success?



1)

In your notebook write your definition of success? What does it include?

  • Money
  • Fame
  • Friends
  • Pretty Clothes
  • Good Grades
  • A Fast Car
  • Maybe for you success means getting up and making your first period class!

2)

Return to your notebook and include the steps you need to take to be successful.

If you need some help in this check out Sean Covey and the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens.

You can download this file and save it on your hard drive. Better yet... print off a copy and post in on your bathroom mirror. Take the time to explore the Sean Covey website and learn how to Inspire Greatness

http://www.seancovey.com/teens.html

3)

Now that you have a definition of success, and you have an idea on the steps needed achieve this, check out Eric Thomas and a talk he has with students from the University of Michigan.




  • When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe… then you will be successful.

  • To be able at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could be.

  • Pain is temporary.

Now you need to pull it all together ----> Write a 8-10 sentence paragraph on Success. Include quotes from Sean Covey and Eric Thomas.


Use this Rubric to guide your writing